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覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
loupはフランス語で「狼」を表し、英語では古風・特殊な語として、仮面舞踏会で目元を覆う半面マスクを指すことがある。ラテン語lupusからlupine「狼のような」へつながる語群で覚える。現代英語の日常語wolfとは用域が異なり、綴りが似るloupe「拡大鏡」とも区別する。
Link loup to the French word for “wolf” and to the Latin-based English words lupus and lupine. Then picture an old masquerade: a person hides the upper part of the face behind a dark half-mask, creating the mysterious appearance traditionally associated with this rare English noun. This image connects the French animal word with the mask sense without requiring a false sound trick. In modern English, use wolf for the animal and mask for the general object; loup is mainly historical or specialized. Also watch the final spelling: loupe, with an e, means a small magnifying lens.
loup の類義語・関連語
loup の語源・成り立ち Etymology
フランス語 loup（狼）から。ラテン語 lupus（狼）が語源で、英語の lupine（狼のような）や病名 lupus（ループス＝狼に噛まれたような皮膚症状）と同根。仮面舞踏会の半面マスクも loup と呼ばれ、狼の顔を隠すイメージに由来する。
English loup was borrowed from French loup, “wolf,” which descends from Latin lupus with the same meaning. The word is related through Latin to English lupus and lupine. French also applied loup to a small mask covering the eyes, and that specialized masquerade sense entered English. The precise visual association behind the mask name is not completely certain, so the secure connection is the documented borrowing from French.
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